Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed an AI therapy bot ban into law, and Nebraska and Georgia moved chatbot safety bills closer to enactment.

Update: Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed SB 1546 into law. As of Jan. 1, 2027, chatbot operators must implement strong measures to protect Oregon kids who interact with the products.

Using an AI agent comes with two known risks: The agent has access to all your data and passwords, and it will decide and act on its own. Sometimes that means it decides to delete all your emails, or go off on its own crypto-mining adventure.

In just three months, OpenClaw has sparked a surge of interest in AI agents and a boom in the creation of autonomous bots. We explain what it is, where it came from, and how to consider the upside along with the risks.

Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Chatbot safety bills are marching through first-chamber passage, with measures moving in Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, and Oklahoma.

March 24, 2026 — KUOW, the Seattle-based NPR station, reported on the two AI safety bills signed into law by Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson earlier today.

On a landmark day for AI safety and transparency, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson this morning signed two AI-related bills into law before a gathering of parents, advocates, and lawmakers in Olympia.

The poll of 800 likely voters, evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, found overwhelming support for government safeguards around chatbots.

Every Friday, TCAI brings you an overview of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Florida adjourned without passing the gov’s AI package, Virginia and Washington wrapped up by passing major AI bills, and AI measures moved forward in Idaho, Georgia, and Hawaii.

A new study tested the willingness of AI chatbots to help plan a violent attack. Eight of the ten most popular bots provided assistance, some with great enthusiasm. Only one—Anthropic’s Claude—reliably discouraged the user.

In a sign of the issue’s bipartisan concern, lawmakers in more traditionally conservative states are embracing bills that require chatbot safeguards for kids and prohibit addictive algorithms for those under 18.

Every Friday, TCAI brings you an overview of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Washington and Utah pass major AI bills on the eve of adjournment. Virginia passes three AI bills prior to heading home, and it looks like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ AI Bill of Rights is stalled in the House.

Washington lawmakers gave final passage last night to an AI companion chatbot safety bill, HB 2225, on the eve of adjournment. This is the second chatbot safety bill to pass in 2026, following Oregon’s approval of a similar bill late last week.

Rep. Clyde Shavers worked with the Transparency Coalition to craft HB 1170, an AI transparency measure that establishes a standard for notifying consumers about the use of AI. The bill was adopted and moved to the desk of Gov. Bob Ferguson on March 11.

State lawmakers adjourned last Friday night after passing bills limiting the use of AI and digital devices in schools, protecting people from AI deepfakes, and ensuring that medical decisions are made by qualified humans and not machines.

Minnesota’s SF 1857 would prohibit the operators of recreational chatbots from offering access to minors under 18.

Every Friday, TCAI brings you an overview of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Oregon gave final approval to a chatbot safety bill, while a similar measure awaits approval in Washington. In Florida, Gov. DeSantis’s big AI bill moved forward with one week until adjournment.

The Transparency Coalition’s educational work is cited in a new report posted by iHeartRadio, the nation’s largest national radio broadcasting network.

Lawmakers meeting in Salt Lake City are scheduled to adjourn on Friday afternoon. Four AI-related bills remain active and await a final floor vote for passage.

A series of landmark liability trials is testing the accountability of social media companies for generational harm. In the first two cases, jurors found Instagram and YouTube liable for addicting and harming kids. What’s it all about? We have concise answers in clear, plain language.